Our growing needs for Internet are not only limited to browsing purpose only. We are hooking up on the web for almost anything, from our daily dose of world-over news, traffic updates, entertainment quest, to business and professional liabilities. Swift Internet connections, Cloud computing and numerous social and business tools have paved the way to implore more day by day. One of the best advantages it has presented to us is the reliability and comfort of keeping everything digital on web 2.0 for safety and security. Almost all e-mail services providers offer privilege to keep our data safe online on our mail accounts, but they are limited to a particular size-space. In the last few years many companies and sites have come along offering the option to get much larger net space for our use, and that too for free. Let’s take a look at certain best free online storage sites, which provide their services to all the users:
1. Dropbox:
Free Space: 2 GB.
An impeccable storage tool for people who likes to work on various computers. You can sync files between any no. of computers that have Dropbox installed on them. You get a public folder that builds a link directly to the files and folders, for sharing. Not only withing your workstations, but you can also share folders with other friends and colleagues who have their own Dropbox accounts.
Free Space: 25 GB.
Free storage service offered by Hotmail or Windows Live. You need to have an account on these sites, however the upload process is a little slow and tiring.
3. Docs.Google.com:
Free Space: 1 GB
4. Adrive.com:
Free Space: 50 GB
With option of such a large storage, it is easily the most preferred and the most substantial of all.But here’s the catch: You cannot backup your files automatically, yet not a problem for anyone who takes care of their files persistently.
5.Mozy.com:
Free Space: 2 GB
Easily one of the most fooled and popular free storage tools on Internet. You can also program the tool to automatically back up your data from your computer every week.
6. OpenDrive.com:
Free Space: 5 GB
A great tool to use if you are always the one sharing critical information with your colleagues or working on a project online.
7. Box.net:
Free Space: 1 GB
It’s USP is its simplicity. Not only with other computers and co-workers, it allows simple sharing of the data within family members too.
8. FlipDrive.com:
Free Space: 1 GB
According to them, they are one of the most secured sites for online storage. And through my personal experience , they are really a reliable tool. It can be accessed from any web browser any time.
9. SugarSync.com:
Free Space: 5 GB
Its USP is that it offers very good compatibility with PC, Macbook, or any Smart Phone. So, it gives an added advantage to people who likes to do most of their online work on their Smart Phones nowadays.
10. Esnips.com:
Free Space: 5 GB
The best online storage for Images and videos, helping those who likes to store their family photos and home-made videos in the digital format for ever. You can turn off this option also, if you just wants to use this simply for files and documents.
11. IDrive.com:
Free Space: 5 GB
It is a good, reliable and a very easy site to store and share your digital information. The fact that it offers 5 GB of free space has really taken this to a high usability level among the online consumers.
12. Storegate.com:
Free Space: 1 GB
This site offers easy and simple storage for files, particularly photos, and sharing compatibility with friends and family. It’s USP is that it allows sharing of large files at once, such as entire folders full of images.
13. Megashares.com:
Free Space: 10 GB
It gives a URL to the user of the page of file storage which gives a quick access to the user for his data, whenever needed.
14. SpiderOak.com:
Free Space: 2 GB
It is an all-in-one service, which is very well-rounded, offering free online storage, sharing,synchronization, and remote access.
15. DivShare.com:
Free Space: 5 GB
Majority of people online surfs for music. This online storage facility is just specific for them. It allows storage of all types of files, but is best for music and video, coz user can upload songs, which are instantly stream-able and requires no download afterwards to listen to.
If you are still struck on the age-old mail dependency for your storage or the clutters of your system hard-disk for backup of important files, with non-reliability, then you should switch to one of these services which will give you increases safety and security for your digital data.
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